More Than 270 Million People Now Covered by the Nation's Most Reliable 4G LTE Network

As Part of AT&T's Project VIP Investment, More Customers Can Stream, Download, Upload and Game Faster than Ever Before

Dallas, Texas, January 06, 2014

AT&T* today continues the rollout of its nation’s most reliable 4G LTE network** with the launch of several new markets nationwide. AT&T 4G LTE now covers more than 270 million people.

New markets launched today include:

Hope, AR

Greeley, CO

Okeechobee, FL

Lewiston, ID

Crawfordsville, IN

Ames, IA

Iowa City, IA

Cambridge, MD

Battle Creek, MI

Jackson, MI

Red Wing, MN

Branson, MO

Hannibal, MO

Mexico, MO

Missoula, MT

Keene, NH

Poughkeepsie, NY

Ashtabula, OH

Tahlequah, OK

Lebanon, PA

Utuado, PR

Stephenville, TX

St. John, USVI

St. George, UT

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA

Walla Walla, WA

The great performance of AT&T’s 4G LTE network continues to be validated by independent third-party testing:

AT&T now has the most reliable 4G LTE network. Based on our analysis of Nielsen data, AT&T has the highest success rate for delivering mobile content across nationwide 4G LTE networks.

Meanwhile, our 4G LTE service was recognized as having faster average download and upload speeds than any of our competitors in PCWorld/TechHive’s most recent 20-market speed tests — the second consecutive year that AT&T ranked first overall. PCWorld/TechHive also ranked AT&T’s as the fastest combination of 3G and 4G services in the 20 cities it tested.***

In addition, RootMetrics® has awarded AT&T for strongest overall call, text, and data performance in multiple markets in the most recent 2013 testing. RootMetrics testing utilizes all generations of cellular technologies to simulate a real consumer experience. *****

AT&T’s 4G LTE deployment is part of Project Velocity IP (VIP), a three-year investment plan, announced in fall of 2012, to expand and enhance its IP broadband networks. Through this investment, AT&T is supporting its customers’ growing desire for high-speed Internet access and new mobile, app and cloud-based services.

From 2007 to 2012, AT&T invested more than $116 billion into its wireless and wireline networks across the country. Since 2007, AT&T has invested more capital into the U.S. economy than any other public company. In a September 2013 report, the Progressive Policy Institute ranked AT&T No. 1 on its list of U.S. “Investment Heroes.”

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

***** Based on the most recent RootScore® Report for each of the 125 U.S. markets tested in 2013. Performance rankings of 4 national mobile networks rely on scores calculated from random samples. Visit rootmetrics.com for more details. Your experience may vary. The RootMetrics award is not an endorsement of AT&T.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – AT&T operating companies – are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and internationally. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation’s fastest and most reliable 4G LTE network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile Internet, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV service with the AT&T U-verse® brand. The company’s suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world.

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